Laigle de Meaux

"Why, in the world where this Monsieur Hugo was writing." He tilts a considering look at Bossuet. "It makes the most sense, as I see it. We have all spoken to gods and myths of our own world, have we not? And I have been accused of kidnapping a man who cannot possibly exist in our world." Surely they're not so far gone that Bahorel needs to argue the non-existence of Santa in their world.

"Is the conclusion not obvious? There must be many worlds; in some of them we must not exist; yet echoes come through, somehow."